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cost

[kawst, kost] / kɔst, kɒst /






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For the U.S. opening match, it costs more than $3,000.

From Los Angeles Times

Among the reasons for higher CPI readings in California’s metro areas are fast-rising housing costs.

From The Wall Street Journal

Applying only to certain carbon-intensive sectors, it raises prices to reflect the cost of embedded carbon and so creates a perverse incentive to outsource production of downstream goods.

From The Wall Street Journal

A serious and secure industrial base requires domestic capacity not only for finished goods, but for all the materials, tooling and process know-how that determine cost, resilience and scalability.

From The Wall Street Journal

The bar for success for director James Cameron’s “Avatar” movies is lofty because of their high costs.

From The Wall Street Journal